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Tonight on Hunter.

Los Angeles is a city under siege.

If Angelitos lock their doors and wonder, we're not able to leave.

Hunter, I'm back in town.

With a bang.

Let's go see the Dina boys, shall we?

Johnny gives even.

Everyone creates their own death, and that's why they created me.

Wait!

It's been a long time, Hunter.

500 miles to Austin for a turndown.

No AC.

Hardly worth the gas.

Austin Control, on repeater station 5, Texas Ranger Unit 411 still in

transition.

Copy, Austin.

Look at the goddess.

Spooky witch doesn't even...

Let's check it out.

Don't stop. Let's call it in.

Get up!

Come on!

Better do it. He's crazy.

Get your hands up!

Get over here.

Put your hands on the roof.

Come on!

Put your hand behind your back.

Other hand.

Get out.

Day after day now, isn't it, Sheriff?

You did it.

I did, I would, didn't I? Yeah, you did, didn't you?

Stand by.

for a message from Chief Daryl Gates to all divisions.

Howdy. I've asked Deputy Chief Curtis Moorhead to be with me today. He's key

what I want to talk to you about.

I'm going to have Chief Moorhead and his Neighborhood Emergency Task Force

work with you. I want you to plug in your ideas to his task force.

I think working with Chief Moorhead, that job is going to get done.

Hey, Hunter, come here. We're going to target certain communities, those

communities where crime is really going off the chart.

That'll be our first effort.

You know how I feel about you, Mr. Farber.

We just got an updated telex on Ira Smith's escape. No details on her

yet, but the manhunt's been expanded to the New Mexico border.

Texas Rangers think she's heading west.

Yeah, I just pulled up the file.

So I spent the morning over at City Hall talking with the top brass.

The chief is busting our humps.

Crime stats are up, money for police is down. You know the story. So the word is

deliver. Don't go out there looking for trouble, huh?

I never do.

I'm also confident that I can count on you to work with Chief Moorhead.

That's most important.

I'm going to be working with my friends in the media, updating them each week on

our progress.

And I'm confident that I'll be able to tell them each and every week the crime

is going down.

This job is going to get done.

Because you and I, Chief Moorhead, we're going to get it done.

Go get them.

Thank you, brother.

Sergeant Hunter.

She says to tell you she's here.

Who's here? Who is this?

Iris. Smith is here.

She's gonna kill me. Help me.

Charlie, line two, 187 progress.

Uh, where are you?

I'm at the Riverside Apartments.

1648 Riverside.

209. Sandra Clement.

Sandra?

Let me speak to Iris.

Devane, 187 in progress.

1648 Riverside. Black and white. Code 3. And an earring there right now.

Hunter.

I've missed you.

And I'm back in town.

With a bang.

Sandra?

Sandra!

Get it? Yeah, they're rolling right now.

Sergeant Hunter, this lady's been waiting about an hour. She has some

information for you. Thanks, Sergeant. I don't know whether it means anything,

but I was walking my dog crossing the street, and two people ran out of that

apartment. Two people? A man and a woman. The man was bigger.

I started to cross the street, and they nearly ran me down.

I was going to report them anyway. I got part of their license plate. It was

242, and it was a green Mustang, and the plates were black and white. Black and

white? That might be Texas.

What is your name?

Helen Fleck.

Helen Fleck. F -L -E -C -K?

Yes. Okay,

Mrs. Fleck. I'm going to have a police officer who's a sketch artist get a hold

of you as soon as possible.

See if you might be able to help us identify the two people you might have

Oh, fine. Well, thank you. Thanks very much, Mrs. Fleck. Come on down.

Are you the cop in charge here?

Sergeant Hunter, what can I do for you?

Sergeant, I'm Jack Small. My daughter and I live around the corner here.

goes to the school where Mrs. Clements teaches, taught.

A woman's been killed here.

I mean, what is it?

Gangs, black, white, Hispanic?

What are we looking for here?

Mr. Small, I'm working on a homicide here.

Whatever information we have to release to the public, you'll be able to read

about it in the newspaper in due time.

You know, we're all sick and tired of reading about it in the newspapers.

Dad. No, no, no, wait a minute. Now, listen, Sergeant, I'm a fireman.

I know how this city operates.

We get reamed when we're on a fire and it gets out of hand. Well, if you ask

this city is out of hand. And somebody better do something about it before it's

gone. And we're reading about it in the newspaper.

Yes, sir.

We're focusing an intensive investigation on this case.

And can you confirm the rumors that her death is related to the prison break in

Texas and the manhunt for Iris Smith and her partner?

Well, rumors, you know, they're not important. What we're doing is we're

to wage war on all degenerates and we're going to win.

The streets here and the neighborhoods and... And to the oceans where it would

fall.

Turn that back on.

Maybe something's turned on, maybe.

But it ain't the two.

What is it, huh?

You know what day it is? It's Wednesday.

Never touch them.

Never touch nothing of yours?

Took me eight years on death row to see my plan and plot it in here.

Most people go through their whole life and never see.

I saw in one blinding flash of light.

Everyone creates their own fears.

Everyone creates their own death.

And that's why they created me.

You look beat.

What's going on?

Well, the Texas Rangers are looking for the blue Mustang, and we're looking for

Iris. So far, she hasn't shown up.

Well, maybe somebody will spot her.

Austin just twixted some more background. She just lost her last

Was due for lethal injection yesterday.

Definitely the end of the road. Apparently, she was hell on wheels in

They had to lock her down both night and day.

What's the deal with her? Who is she?

I arrested Iris about ten years ago in Los Angeles.

My extra died of the back of Texas on a murder charge.

Other than that, I have no idea who the hell she is.

Then why would she kill a civics teacher from Pierce High?

I don't know.

Your presence is requested in the task force room.

Oh, wonderful.

I'll pass, Charlie. Now, that order comes directly from the mayor.

Be a deputy chief morehead.

Well, why should we have to sit on the N .E .T. meeting?

I got bad news for you. You're part of it.

For those of you who don't know, I'm Deputy Chief Moorhead.

This division's got the ball.

We're in a war.

Los Angeles is a city under siege.

And it is way past the time that we started defending ourselves.

Now, I read the mail that comes into City Hall.

And people are scared.

Every time they turn around, the neighbors are mugged or raped or

The community perception is that the police exist to warm the

stools of Dunkin' Donuts.

Captain DeVay, thank you for joining us.

Watch commanders, you know where you stand.

Detectives, these are your assignments.

Yeah.

Any questions?

Uh, yeah.

Last time I looked, I was in charge of this division. I wonder why I'm the last

one to find out about these new assignments.

Because this is my task force.

But, Chief, you can't pull people off ongoing cases.

Yes, I can.

But I'm working on the Clemens homicide with Hunter.

Am I not speaking English here?

The vacation's over, people.

We're hitting the streets running.

One homicide, one cop.

You think you can manage alone, Sergeant Hunter?

The murder part or the donut part?

Why am I being placed undercover at Pierce High?

Well, the Sandra Clemons case ought to tell you that.

She was a teacher at Pierce.

Here, in the middle of my trouble.

Now a cop.

in Sanders' place, might just help pull some of these pins

out of here.

Look, I don't think you understand.

What was didn't work.

You are no longer what you think you are. You are my task force, appointed by

the mayor, who pays your ticket.

I don't want any more thinking.

I want you to do what?

You know, it's not a good idea to leave your stuff on a curb here. It won't be

here when you get back.

I live upstairs. My name is Jack.

I saw you moving in. Well, hi.

I'm Dee Dee Woods.

Jack Small.

Nice to meet you.

You got any help here, or can I give you a hand?

No, I would appreciate that. Thanks. I've just got a full trailer and an

apartment. Great, great. Welcome to Mar Vista.

Well, thank you.

Assistant Principal at Pierce High arranged it for me.

Roger? How'd you run into him?

Oh, I'm going to start teaching Jim there in the morning.

You know about Sandra Clements?

Yeah, I heard.

Excuse

me

a minute.

Hello, Landry.

Single parenting. You got kids?

No. Yeah.

I swear she comes home from school stoned on something half the time. They

do something to that school real soon.

A lot of us who care for our kids are going to do something.

What?

What the cops are afraid to do.

We got a little neighborhood program here to pick up the slack.

Let me put it this way.

You can sleep soundly.

Somebody will be watching over you.

Hey, you guys see my bucket slip on Duncan?

Hey, Charlie.

You know, I'm just now getting a response in those Texas places. What do

mean, just now?

Well, he's got the whole damn system jammed up with out -of -state tracers

VCRs and stolen bar radios. Take a look at that.

Two Mustangs, number 69 registered in Abilene to a doctor, still parked in the

garage.

Number two, 67 registered in Waco, William Joseph Powell.

Yeah, we're waiting for his arrest record to come through right now.

Well, can you connect this Powell guy up with Ira Smith?

Well, Charlie, our witness said that she saw two people, a woman and a man,

leaving Clemens' apartment the night she was murdered.

Powell could be her accomplice. So what's next? Well...

Until the report comes through, I'm going to do some labor control.

All right.

Is that your seat?

Well, hello, darling.

It's Miss Woods.

Let's see your pass and your ID. Whoa, chill out there, honey.

I know about you.

Gym teach?

In from Pico?

I'm Johnny Youngblood.

I'd like to see you do a little floor exercise.

I like athletic women.

Yeah?

Well, maybe when you grow up, you can find one that likes you.

Let's go see the Dean of Boys, shall we? Yeah.

Hey, look at Johnny. Yeah, just keep laughing, puke.

Okay, girls, that's enough for today.

Go on, take a shower.

Most schools forbid smoking in the locker rooms.

You know, I'm new here.

Maybe by the time I learn the rules, I will have forgotten your faces.

Bye.

Debbie,

having met your dad, I, uh...

I don't think he'd be too happy about this.

You'll tell him, huh? No, I think he got enough going on at home without me

butting in.

I don't like what I see, but I'm not going to go running to your dad.

Why not?

Isn't that what adults are supposed to do?

You got three periods before lunch and one afterwards, but if you're really,

really serious about this...

Uh, the girls' JV basketball team needs a coach.

It's been a long time, but I do have a mean jump shot.

You know,

um, there's something that I should have passed on to your partner about Sandra

Clement's death.

Well, I've got some time. Why don't we take a break?

Good. Uh, how about in my office? Yeah.

Roger, I'm glad you're here. I want to show you something. Don't go away. Just

try 225.

Jack, what are you doing?

I want to show you. Do not get off, Spalding. The whole property you're

destroying. You've got to have a stand back, Landry.

Stop it, Jack. Come on.

Pull him off. God dang it, this is a school.

Now look at this.

Get out of here right now.

I mean right now or I'll see you in jail. There's no way to handle it. Well,

then you handle it. My daughter buys this poison here.

And it's your school.

Nobody stops her. Nobody.

If you won't, I will.

And I'll find the sword.

Burn it out.

Come on, let's get out.

Everybody back to class.

Welcome to Pierce.

Shall we?

God, what a dweeb.

I hope I don't get stupid when I get old.

Should we clean out the lockers?

Why? We're not dumb enough to deal.

There's Severino.

He's got a new deal for us, so don't take forever.

Get me a cheerleader, and I'll kick in a couple of hundred for your trouble.

Start a list.

Sophomores. We may need a lot of talent sooner than you think.

Maybe even a gym teacher.

Come on.

Look, do the usual background check on Miss Woods.

She's already breaking the rules.

If she doesn't check out, she'll wish she never came through that door.

Thank you.

Okay, why don't you tell me what you have and...

The kids figured out a way to wire open my

intercom line and listen.

Are you kidding me? These kids bug your office?

You haven't worked in juvenile in a while, have you?

No, I thought that rating trash for test copies was head of the... They say the

annual sale of illegal drugs in the L .A. school district is seven million

bucks. So we're talking about dealers here?

No, as a matter of fact, we're talking about this guy right here.

John Thomas Youngblood.

Or Johnny to his friends.

And it appears you hope he lets you call him Johnny.

Yeah, we've met.

So if it's not drugs, what's his action?

Power, money, control.

Every angle you can think of.

He knows that you guys target the dealers, so he's smart enough to stay

from that, but, uh...

If you want to buy a grade, buy a gun, buy insurance, buy a date, Johnny's the

one. He runs his business now through a need -to -know chain of command,

beepers, message centers.

Sandra told me that Youngblood was hitting on her heavily, and she turned

down. And Johnny gets what Johnny wants, or he gets even.

Wait a second. We're talking about a high school kid here. Now, do you

think he put a hit out on Sandra Clements because she wouldn't go out

Do you even think he knows Iris Smith? Look, I don't know who he knows, but he

does not think small.

Sam Yasker, citywide honors teacher, was the last one to confront him until the

superintendent got some photos.

A little Mexican getaway weekend, a beach resort, Sam and another teacher.

Another man.

Anyway, I heard that Youngblood paid a private detective to follow Sam around

for several weeks.

So now our best teacher is pursuing a career in real estate.

I mean, if you want to get a handle on why this neighborhood shivers in its

sleep, a young megalomaniac punk like Youngblood is a good place to start.

All right, I'll have my partner look into it.

Johnny Youngblood?

Yeah, what? I'm having my lunch.

Sergeant Hunter, Illinois Police Department.

Oh, I thought he was Royal Canadian Mounted Police.

Investigating the murder of Sondra Clements, the teacher here at your

Yeah, I heard about that.

I understand you knew her personally.

I asked her out on a date.

Student dating teachers nowadays?

Yeah, but she turned me down.

It doesn't happen very often.

So you pressed her.

Hey, wait a minute.

Anybody who doesn't want to go out with me, I don't waste my time with.

How long have you known Iris Smith?

What?

Forget it.

Where were you Tuesday night about 10 o 'clock?

Around.

Cruising.

Anybody with you?

Yeah, three girls and these guys.

I'm sure you'll verify that, right?

Oh, yeah.

Good luck at school.

Thank you.

Jelly King Giant didn't come after me on his own.

Roger Dodger over there is looking mighty happy with himself.

Hit him tonight.

That thing's taken.

What are you doing here, Sporty? My usual thing. My man Malcolm cooked up a

fantastic New York steak au poivre. Join me?

No.

Malcolm, I think we should uncork the boujee.

I'll pass on that, too, thanks. I'm still working. I know.

I think you should be buying for a lot, you know. Nobody eats at that cafeteria

anymore. Yeah, I saw the mystery meat. What do you mean you know I'm working?

Say the words out. Those kids check out a new teacher closer than the CIA.

But your cover's still intact.

So who asked you?

Well, I am a respectable broker of information.

Hey, Malcolm, man, watch my steak, man. When I say rare, I really mean rare.

Enjoy your lunch, okay? And thanks for the tip.

Oh, that's not the tip. Here's the tip.

The guy you want to watch is named Youngblood.

He's into a lot of things, and he is dangerous.

And a further word is that he is no longer into the secondary school scene.

That's what I'm hearing.

Thanks, I'll keep a watch on it.

Hey, Malcolm.

Jesus, man. Answer me.

What are you dropping in?

CD, phone, subwoofer.

Dennis from Encino.

Poor guy had his whole system ripped off last week.

You recognize it?

Should I? It looks like your handiwork.

Not personally, Gare.

Not anymore.

A subcontract.

Oh, yeah.

Give me 20 for his alarm code.

Hey, you got it.

So what's up?

Well, big money from the East is interested in your product.

These are heavy hitters I'm talking about, Johnny.

There's even tougher customers on the food chain.

What, you don't think I can handle it? Oh, no, my man, I think you can.

I wouldn't be fronting you.

You're getting your cut.

Hey, shut up. You don't know everything, smart guy.

Not even a little.

I can make big things happen for you, Johnny, but you gotta understand

something. My butt's on the line here, too.

You gotta deliver.

Same as always, Karen.

Not even close.

Come into my office, my young friend.

Let me explain the facts of life.

Once you swing around, baby, I'll pop you through the window.

Later.

Now.

I said later.

Like you promised, Billy.

We're taking them back. Like vigilantes? Well, you call it what you want, but

it's better than waiting for the next available law enforcement officer to get

off his butt and help us.

Now, this is a message to the punks and the creeps and the addicts and the

whores. All of you, all of you can just stay the hell out of our neighborhood.

That's Jack Small. He's not taking it anymore.

You got an answer for him?

We have saturated the area.

We've shifted manpower until we're shorthanded in neighborhoods that really

it, which is going to end up costing us more than it's worth.

Well, you can see what it's worth.

Five minutes and ten seconds on negative image.

Thank God.

I placed McCall right inside that guy's building. What's she doing? Mining her

cupboards? What do you expect her to do?

Use her imagination. Break his leg.

Anybody around here ever heard of damage control?

This is my division.

Well, then shake things up today.

It's going to be somebody else's station.

As Angelenos lock their doors and wonder, where are the police?

In Los Angeles, Saida Rodriguez Pagan.

You're getting on my nerves with that thing, Billy Joe. Why don't you put it

away?

Make me.

get a drink someplace.

Keep that thing in your pants.

That's not what you usually say.

Now, here's it, darling.

I'm going out for a bucket of chicken.

Be careful.

Did you get that laser fax from Texas? It's all my desk. The picture of Billy

Joe came out great. Thanks. Where are you off to?

Battle of Blue Left Bank.

Armed and dangerous. Watch your back.

Quick, violent bribes, like bugging and proof -matching, or help re -arrives.

The feeling is, general lawlessness is fueling an atmosphere close to anarchy.

Also, tomorrow we'll take a detailed look, community by community, to see how

likely you are to become a victim just by walking outside your own home.

Police force has spread too thin to be of any real effect.

We'll be keeping a close watch on developments to learn if increased

presence has a positive effect.

Get a backup. I'm on it.

Been a long time, Hunter.

Good to see you.

Put your gun down.

Put it down.

Now walk over to that tree.

Now handcuff yourself to it.

Yeah.

Comfortable?

You know why I killed Sandra Clemons?

Her number was up.

Day of execution.

I know you believe in capital punishment.

Lucky you.

Day of execution.

My officers put public safety first.

They're totally in sync.

Hi, Kim. Hi.

What do we got?

Well, you name it. We got more fingerprints than tape in our budget to

them. We got hair from the sink, saliva from the bathroom tissues.

We got earwax.

Plus, every bodily fluid imaginable from the bed, including blood.

Lovely.

Look, I gotta get back to the lab.

Why don't you drop by in a couple hours?

We'll try to make you happy. Okay, good. Thanks, Jeff.

Thanks,

Kevin.

Say, you all right?

You don't look too good.

How are you doing with Moorhead?

We'll push through that.

I hate to ask you this, but why do you think she didn't shoot you?

That number wasn't up.

Say, Hunter, how long were you stuck?

Oh, just a couple of minutes, Charlie.

Jensen and Marcoli were back in there.

So did you get anything?

Yeah, I think I might have.

I'd say Moorhead's got everything under control, huh?

He's got the master of saying absolutely nothing.

aren't going to flip past the kind of manhunt... You know, I'll bet you he did

the classic bureaucratic risk -benefit analysis.

Conclusion? The benefits of this kind of publicity crap far outweigh the risk of

being proved wrong later.

Well, hang in there, Charlie.

We made headway tonight, buddy. Come on.

Thank you. Good night.

Hold it.

I saw you and Devane making faces.

Now, that dog and pony show you just saw was for your benefit.

What am I supposed to do, thank you?

Somebody's got to start blowing smoke.

Or do you want to read on page one how you left yourself handcuffed? Listen,

Chief, those things happen, you know that.

You think you're bulletproof, don't you, Hunter?

Well, here's my scouting report.

A hot dog.

His time is coming.

You'd probably prefer a brew, but I've got to educate you to a better class of

pleasures. You're about to earn them.

Chateau Margot.

So, what are we doing here? What's going on?

A little celebration.

What's this for?

Good faith.

We're in business, pal.

A firm order for three items by the first.

There's got to be 5 ,000 here. Yeah, try six.

The local rep's a guy named Lenny Pike. You'll meet him.

Is, um... It's all mine?

Wake up, my man.

It's no dream.

Hey, we're still talking small change.

This time next year, you're going to be a middleman skimming cream off five like

you. You just show that East Coast money you're responsible, huh?

With that... In your pocket.

Yes, sir.

No more kid stuff, Johnny.

You're gonna grow up fast.

All

right, Charlie, come

on out here.

Look, in going over this calendar, three days contains some form of code here.

Numerology? I don't know. But one of the dates, three days ago, has been marked

off. That's the day Sandra Clemens was murdered.

First astrology, now numerology.

What's next?

Phrenology. Why do these freaks always get their orders to kill from some other

dimension? Remember that Zodiac killer up in the Bay Area and Son of... Son of

Sam in New York City, right?

Wait, you took Johnny Youngblood off? Yeah, I don't think there's any

between Johnny Youngblood and Iris Smith. Certainly I don't think she's in

to do any hits for him. Yeah, but that partner of hers would kill you for

reading his newspaper.

Yeah.

So what do you think this code represents, huh?

Potential victims?

Well, I don't know, but if they do,

the day after tomorrow, whoever owns that code is going to be dead.

It's going to be a long week.

Yeah.

Who is it?

It's me, Debbie.

Oh, come on in.

It's too late or something.

No, no, no, absolutely not. Come on in. I'm just putting stuff away.

Would you hand me that box right there?

That was pretty cool what you did today in the locker room.

Well, I don't want you to all think I'm the enemy, you know.

Most kids follow the rules.

Some you just have to push a little harder.

Some, you know...

You might as well just avoid altogether.

Yeah, well.

Thanks for the tip.

I could use a break. I put on some water. You want a cup of tea?

Yeah, sure thing. Okay.

See your mom much?

Holidays, mostly.

She's back east.

Remarried to a lawyer.

He doesn't like me very much.

How about your dad?

How about him?

I mean, I mean, I barely see him.

He's a fireman.

24 hours on and 24 hours off. And mostly when he's off, he's out patrolling the

neighborhood.

Penny!

Penny! Penny!

What's the matter?

They might not remember his apartment.

Who? Robbers.

Call 9 -1 -1. What about Daniel?

ambulance. Come on, kid, breathe.